Okay, I got the new laptop, new to me anyway...it's refurbished.
I got rid of Windows and loaded Linux Mint. I did find out that it has to be the router that's seen better days, went to Spectrum and replaced modem, it still won't connect to internet.
Which means that I can't update the install yet.
I have some patience left to wait until Tuesday when replacement router arrives. But will that stop me from doing basic tweaks as well?
I'm having issues with adding an external keyboard, and external monitor and track ball has issues.
With the older laptop I plugged in the keyboard and it worked, I plugged in the monitor and went to display settings and it worked. Not presently.
The pointer on trackball displays on external monitor, but not on laptop. External monitor shows no icons at all, laptop has icons, but trackball pointer won't display on laptop monitor. Is all this because I can't do the initial update, or did I goober something up bad?
I got rid of Windows and loaded Linux Mint. I did find out that it has to be the router that's seen better days, went to Spectrum and replaced modem, it still won't connect to internet.
Which means that I can't update the install yet.
I have some patience left to wait until Tuesday when replacement router arrives. But will that stop me from doing basic tweaks as well?
I'm having issues with adding an external keyboard, and external monitor and track ball has issues.
With the older laptop I plugged in the keyboard and it worked, I plugged in the monitor and went to display settings and it worked. Not presently.
The pointer on trackball displays on external monitor, but not on laptop. External monitor shows no icons at all, laptop has icons, but trackball pointer won't display on laptop monitor. Is all this because I can't do the initial update, or did I goober something up bad?